Painting Feathers on the Golden Eagle In The Kodar Mountains

Painting Feathers on the Golden Eagle – The photos in this post shows progress on the head, beak and the feathers of the golden eagle. In the near future I hope to have video of this process since watching a video of something being built or created is much more satisfying than merely seeing a progression of still photos.

Painting Feathers on the Golden Eagle in Kodar Mountains – here is a close up of the Golden Eagle.

When painting the feathers, I used a variety of colors warm and cool colors from Windsor & Newton Designers Gouache brand. For the warm colors Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna, Cadmium Yellow Pale, Brilliant Yellow, Orange Lake Light with Burnt Umber and Jet Black as a base. For the cool shadow colors, I used Primary Blue, Pthalo Blue and some Permanent White. Regarding brushes, I used a Windsor & Newton Regency Gold Series 540 #1, Robert Simmons #2 White Sable Round 785 Series and a few others.

Painting Feathers on the Golden Eagle in Kodar Mountains – For my palette, I always use a small pane of glass with white paper underneath.Painting Feathers on the Golden Eagle in Kodar Mountains – this photo shows the Golden Eagle painting in the Kodar Mountains with just a few minor details remaining before completion.